Embedded Systems and CPU Content Developer (Staff/Senior Staff)

Qualcomm Incorporated; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited invites an experienced embedded systems engineer to join the Engineering Group, Hardware Engineering team in Bengaluru. You will contribute to CPU validation, core/uncore testing, and stress content development, while building low-level firmware and platform bring-up capabilities.

The role emphasizes validation automation, silicon debugging, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Strong embedded C/C++ and assembly skills for low-level firmware and validation workflows.
• Experience with ARM/AArch64 and RISC-V architectures is essential.
• Experience in CPU/SOC bring-up, silicon debug, and validation automation is required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the concurrent CPU validation framework with a focus on core/uncore validation and stress content development.
• Develop low-level firmware and support platform bring-up activities.
• Drive validation automation, regression suites, and complex silicon debugging efforts.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Assembly (ARM/AArch64/RISC-V)

Bare-Metal RTOS development

ARM/AArch64 architecture knowledge

RISC-V architecture knowledge

CPU stress content development

Cache/Coherency/Memory management

LPM and DVFS

CPU/SoC bring-up and silicon debug

JTAG/Trace32 debugging

Python scripting

CI/CD and automated validation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

Looking for a strong embedded systems engineer and CPU content developer with expertise in C/C++, Assembly, Bare-Metal, and RTOS development , along with a good understanding of ARM/AArch64 and RISC-V architectures .

The engineer will contribute to the concurrent CPU validation framework , focusing on CPU core/uncore validation and stress content development, low-level firmware, platform bring-up, validation automation, and complex silicon debug .

Experience

5 to 13 years of relavant experience (A Must)

Key Skills

• Strong C/C++ programming for embedded/low-level systems
• Assembly programming , preferably ARM/AArch64 or RISC-V
• Bare-Metal and RTOS development/debug
• Good knowledge of ARM/AArch64 and RISC-V architectures
• CPU Stress content development
• Understanding of cache/coherency, MMU/TLB, interrupts, exceptions, system registers, memory ordering, and multicore synchronization
• Understanding of Low-Power Management (LPM) and DVFS
• Experience with CPU/SoC platform bring-up and silicon debug
• Experience with JTAG / Lauterbach Trace32 (T32) or similar debug tools
• Python scripting for validation automation and regression
• Exposure to CI/CD and automated validation environments

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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